I just want to be able to connect my laptop, which can only do 1 4k w/ its ports, to a GTX anything that has 3 DisplayPort slots. I don't care about any extra throughput beyond typing code and debugging it in a browser, so I just need the base amount of bandwidth to run each screen, only 1 of which will change/be active at any given time.

I don't care about amazing performance or throughput, would just like to have the graphics horsepower available to my laptop.

Aren't those things one and the same?

They are not, USB type-C is essentially the interface and form factor, and supports 10 G/s, Thunderbolt 3 is another tech that is compatible w/ the USB:C interface/form factor but provides 40 G/s. Sadly.

Have a laptop that I want to start using more but its graphics are weak, also have a GTX 1060 lying around. All of the graphics amplifiers I've seen are Thunderbolt 3 over USB Type-C but I don't think work without thunderbolt. I don't care about amazing performance or throughput, would just like to have the graphics horsepower available to my laptop. Thanks.

It's in the system setup section, can't remember exactly where, but something along the lines of "set link speed to gen2/3", guessing that toggles the PCIe mode, thereby adding way more bandwidth between the drives and RAID controller. I don't have physical access to the servers at the moment so can't get in there to give you the exact info, sorry. But Link gen speed 2/3 should be enough to help you spot it if it's in your options.

LOL thought you loved iDRAC?

They're currently sitting in boxes inbetween datacenters so unless you know about a more Harry Potterish version of iDrac that requires no electricity or Internet connection I don't think iDrac will help. :PPPP

It's in the system setup section, can't remember exactly where, but something along the lines of "set link speed to gen2/3", guessing that toggles the PCIe mode, thereby adding way more bandwidth between the drives and RAID controller. I don't have physical access to the servers at the moment so can't get in there to give you the exact info, sorry. But Link gen speed 2/3 should be enough to help you spot it if it's in your options.

@coliver Indeed, but what's interesting is how 5 drives specifically beat other quantities of the same drive in Raid 0 on the same hardware from my earlier posts ( can't link to them because Mango Lassi has been freaking out on me and doing weird stuff including not rendering the images as I scroll ).